Moorabbin, Kingston

What Moorabbin speaks at home

In Moorabbin, just over one in four residents use a language other than English at home, according to the 2021 Census, led by Mandarin. Victoria has much the same share. It's one of the suburbs of Kingston, which has its own page.

Residents
6,141
Speak another language
26.8%0%
Languages spoken
52
Born overseas
31.2%

Which languages lead in Moorabbin?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    253-7.3%
  2. 02
    Greek
    241-19.7%
  3. 03
    Russian
    173-3.4%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    85+130%
  5. 05
    Gujarati
    75+200%
  6. 06
    Italian
    72-45.5%
  7. 07
    Hebrew
    56+143%
  8. 08
    Spanish
    54+3.8%
  9. 09
    Arabic
    47-13.0%
  10. 10
    Polish
    47-23.0%

Which countries are Moorabbin's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up about 1,900 people, most often from India.

  1. 01
    India
    258+15.2%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    231-2.9%
  3. 03
    England
    208+31.6%
  4. 04
    Greece
    106-10.9%
  5. 05
    New Zealand
    91-8.1%
  6. 06
    Philippines
    69-8.0%
  7. 07
    Russian Federation
    64+56.1%
  8. 08
    Sri Lanka
    59+18.0%
  9. 09
    South Africa
    58+56.8%
  10. 10
    Italy
    54-34.9%

Where does Moorabbin sit against Kingston?

Moorabbin's share is above Kingston, at 1.1 times the rate.

Moorabbin
26.8%
Victoria
26.6%
Kingston
23.9%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What religions are reported in Moorabbin?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    2,646-3.0%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,565+33.2%
  3. 03
    Judaism
    238+6.7%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    201+54.6%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    119+2.6%
  6. 06
    Islam
    470%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Moorabbin is part of Kingston (Vic.), which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.